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. 2020 Oct 16;18(10):e3000918.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000918. eCollection 2020 Oct.

Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators

John P A Ioannidis  1   2   3   4 , Kevin W Boyack  5 , Jeroen Baas  6
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Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators

John P A Ioannidis et al. PLoS Biol. .

Abstract

This Formal Comment presents an update to citation databases of top-cited scientists across all scientific fields, including more granular information on diverse indicators.

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Conflict of interest statement

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests. JPAI is a member of the editorial board of PLOS Biology. JB is an Elsevier employee. Elsevier runs Scopus and ICSR Lab, which is the source of this data, and also runs Mendeley Data, where the database is now stored.

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